[ April 19, 2024 ]
BDS is the 21st-century version of Kristallnacht. Remember that the Nazis began their actions against the Jews by holding boycotts of Jewish businesses in Germany. BDS leads directly into the genocidal rhetoric of the “Palestinians.” Both the BDS movement and “Palestinian” jihad groups share the same Jew-hatred. And now that the Left is more emboldened and openly violent and disruptive than ever, we are going to see more and more BDS initiatives. Kudos, therefore, to Kentucky and these other states for bucking the trend and standing against this neo-Nazi movement.
“Kentucky and Other States Take a Stand Against BDS and Discrimination,” by Jacob Millner, Algemeiner, November 19, 2018:
Discrimination is wrong. That’s why states, including Kentucky, are enforcing measures aimed at pushing back against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
Story continues below advertisementIn just three years since Illinois passed the first-in-the-nation anti-boycott legislation in May 2015, 25 other states have followed suit, making anti-BDS laws one of the most successful efforts in recent legislative memory.
These state measures call out the BDS campaign for what it is: a form of economic warfare, steeped in hate and discrimination, aimed at the lone Jewish state in the world.
In a nation seemingly divided on everything, legislatures and governors from New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, all the way to Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and many others have forcefully identified BDS as a form of hate. Kentucky is the latest addition to states who oppose these boycotts. And these states should be applauded. Americans must not condone taxpayer dollars going to subsidize discrimination.
“We will not allow state resources to benefit entities that intentionally engage in discriminatory practices to harm the sovereignty and economic prosperity of any ally nation,” Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin said upon signing the latest directive. “Today’s executive order makes it clear that Kentucky condemns the BDS movement and that we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our friend, Israel.”
Governor Bevin’s assessment echoes sentiments shared by many of his colleagues on the Left and Right.
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) wrote in an op-ed published in The Washington Post in June 2016, “My order ensures that no state agency or authority will engage in or promote any investment activity that would further the harmful and discriminatory BDS campaign.” Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) stated in May 2017 that he signed an anti-BDS bill because “As Israel’s No. 1 trading partner in the United States, Texas is proud to reaffirm its support for the people of Israel and we will continue to build on our historic partnership. … Anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas policies, and we will not tolerate such actions against an important ally.”
Bevin, Cuomo, and Abbott all understand that boycotting Israel for political purposes is unfair and creates a double standard, which the US State Department has deemed antisemitism.
And I do not use the term “antisemitism” lightly. There is plenty of legitimate criticism to be directed against Israel, her government, and her policies. However, the singling out of the lone Jewish state for divestment and sanctions under the guise of “opposing occupation” — while not addressing the hundreds of other territorial disputes around the world — is a double standard that should not and cannot be tolerated….
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5 Comments
5 years ago
Incitement against Non-sharia state Israel is incitement against every Non-sharia state.
5 years ago
Can those promoting BDS be arrested for “hate speech”?
Muslim, Linda Sourface comes to mind.
5 years ago
Popular, but unconstitutional. This is governmental interference against the First Amendment. Laws in at least two states (in Kansas and in Arizona) have been enjoined.
The case law likely to be invoked here against other states, as the issue becomes ripe for litigation, is NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware, which was decided in 1982. If the issue gets to SCOTUS, SCOTUS would be required to make a very unpopular decision to uphold the Constitution in striking down all BDS laws. This is very different from material aid to foreign terrorist organizations (and John Paul Stevens, appointed by Gerald Ford, who was the last justice remaining from the Claiborne decision, noted that in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project).
5 years ago
nless they start throwing these into jail or deport these illegal/jihadi savages, it will only get worse.
Like this Airlines kicked out the jihadi muslima out for trying to impose sharia law on others in an airplane http://tinyurl.com/yaz3286w
Its Hilarious !
5 years ago
What is BDS? Bowel Derangement Syndrome?
I know the left is obsessed with the ass. The sodomite obama was and Jimmy Acosta is another example.
